> 1) Can multiple instances of firebird be installed on a
> single machine? We are trying it, but its not been completely
> successful.

Yes (as far as I'm aware using fb1.5) although I havn't tried this (yet).
OOI have you changed the "RemoteServicePort" and "RemotePipeName" setting in
firebird.conf to a different port?

> 2) If multiple instances are installed, what would stop a
> user of one instance from simply "hijacking" another DB if he
> knows the path to it by opening it from the other instances
> if they have SYSDBA access to the first instance?

You should be able to accomplish this using firebird.conf, restricting the
paths available to each server using the "DatabaseAccess" setting.

Rgds

Si Carter
TECT Software Ltd
http://www.tectsoft.net/
Developer Friendly Firebird, ISAPI and PHP hosting.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu [mailto:chad-jm@...]
> Sent: 13 September 2004 18:24
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] Multiple Instances
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